Security

Pierluigi Paganini March 11, 2020
Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday updates for March 2020 fix 115 issues

Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday updates for March 2020 address 115 vulnerabilities, 26 issues have been rated as critical severity. Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday updates for March 2020 address 115 vulnerabilities, 26 issues affecting Windows, Word, Dynamics Business Central, Edge, and Internet Explorer have been rated as critical severity. Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday updates for March 2020 also address […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 08, 2020
Netgear fixes a critical RCE that could allow to takeover Flagship Nighthawk routers

Netgear is warning users of a critical remote code execution flaw that could allow an unauthenticated attacker to take control of its wireless routers. Netgear has addressed a critical remote code execution vulnerability that could be exploited by an unauthenticated attacker to take over AC Router Nighthawk (R7800) hardware running firmware versions prior to 1.0.2.68. […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 08, 2020
Facebook sues Namecheap to protect people from domain name fraud

Facebook has filed a lawsuit against domain registrar Namecheap and its Whoisguard privacy protection service over fraudulent domains Facebook announced this week that it has filed a lawsuit against domain registrar Namecheap and its Whoisguard privacy protection service because it has refused to provide information on a series of fraudulent domains. Fraudulent domains are often […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 05, 2020
Cisco addresses high severity RCE flaws in Webex Player

Cisco has released security updates to fix multiple vulnerabilities in various products, including two remote code execution flaws in Webex Player.  The two remote code execution vulnerabilities fixed by Cisco have been tracked CVE-2020-3127 and CVE-2020-3128 respectively. The vulnerabilities have been rated as high severity and received a CVSS score of 7.8. The vulnerabilities are caused by the […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 04, 2020
Let’s Encrypt CA is revoking over 3 Million TLS certificates due to a bug

Let’s Encrypt is going to revoke over 3 million certificates today due to a flaw in the software used to verify users and their domains before issuing a certificate. Let’s Encrypt certificate authority (CA) is going to revoke over 3 million certificates today due to a vulnerability in software used to verify users and their […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 04, 2020
Google addresses over 70 flaws in Android, including a remotely exploitable issue

Google’s March 2020 security updates for Android address over 70 flaws, including a critical vulnerability that affects the media framework.  Google’s March 2020 security updates for Android include the fix for a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-0032, that affects the media framework as part of the 2020-03-01 security patch level. The 2020-03-01 security patch level fixed 11 vulnerabilities […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 03, 2020
Cisco offers free 90-day Webex Licenses due to coronavirus outbreak

Cisco has decided to extend its business licenses for the free Webex account that will be available for 90-day due to Coronavirus/COVID-19 outbreak. Cisco has announced an enhancement of its free Webex account offerings and is offering free 90-day business licenses to limit the spread of Coronavirus. WebEx is a popular web conferencing and videoconferencing […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 02, 2020
Venezuela – Power outage knocked out part of the internet connectivity

A power outage and fluctuations in supply across Venezuela 1 March 2020, knocked out approximately 35% of the country’s telecommunications infrastructure. The NetBlocks internet observatory, which tracks disruptions and shutdowns, reported that yesterday (March 1, 2020) a massive power outage across Venezuela that knocked out a large part of the country’s connectivity to the Internet. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 02, 2020
$1B to help telecom carriers to “rip and replace” Huawei and ZTE equipment

US Congress passed legislation offering $1 billion to help telecom carriers “rip and replace” equipment from Chinese giants Huawei and ZTE. On Thursday, US lawmakers have passed legislation that plans to give $1 billion to telecom carriers to “rip and replace” equipment from Chinese tech giants Huawei and ZTE. The measure approved by the Senate […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 01, 2020
Russian spies are attempting to tap transatlantic undersea cables

This week, several media reported that agents of the Russian intelligence reportedly went to Ireland to inspect the undersea cables. The Sunday Times reported that Russian intelligence agents have been sent to Ireland to gather detailed information on the undersea cables that connect Europe to North America. The news is alarming, intelligence agencies fear that […]